What are the people in Antarctica doing?

Sigmund 2022-01-15 08:01:27

Everyone in the world who is not bound will fall to the bottom of the earth

I have always liked traveling movies, such as "Into the Wilderness" and "Walking in the Woods", so I accidentally encountered this movie. More precisely, it should be a documentary about some staff in Antarctica.

Antarctica, the continent where no human population has settled so far, the permafrost that stretches for thousands of miles, the endless snow, desolation and silence, have always been faces that do not welcome humans. But there are a few people, scientists, travellers or engineers who come to Antarctica to establish a base camp and explore another world on Earth. When I see them, I will have a strong curiosity. I wonder how they came to Antarctica by chance, what their previous life was like, how they spent every day in Antarctica, whether they were excited or depressed, and whether they would be forever. Stay.

In the film, a linguist said: "A linguist has come to the place where language is least needed. Why is that, because all the people in the world who are not bound will fall to the bottom of the earth", so this group pursues Free, trying to get rid of boring people meeting at the end of the world, where they study the genes of new species, capture the shadows of neutrinos, collect the gas from volcanic eruptions, and crack the code of seal calls. Human beings are very strange, hoarse and want to escape boredom. They didn't devote themselves to sensuality, but instead went to a seemingly white land. Perhaps in such a pure place, thinking would be more colorful.

The director said: "For those who desire freedom, travel means more. The best description of hunger is to describe a piece of bread, and the best expression of freedom is to see freedom before your eyes." So to the world Take a look at the other end, to experience the shortness and eternity of life, the beginning and the future of the world, which can be magnificent as far as the eye can see, or as small as a molecule, and we are the shuttle in the middle.

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Extended Reading
  • Raleigh 2022-03-24 09:03:10

    One is for the hardships of filming

  • Ryley 2022-04-23 07:03:47

    through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. I love rock's biologists!

Encounters at the End of the World quotes

  • William Jirsa: I like to say, if you take everybody who's not tied down they all sort of fall down to the bottom of the planet, so that's how we got here, you know. We're all at loose ends, and here we are together. I remember when I first got down here I sort of enjoyed the sensation of recognizing people with my travel markings. I was like, hey, these are my people. PhDs washing dishes and linguists on a continent with no languages.

  • Werner Herzog: In the stupid trend of academia, it would be better to let the language die than to preserve it.